Machinery eor filling seine-needles



S. F. STANTON, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO J.

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STANTON.

MACHINERY FOR FILLING SEINE-NEEDLES.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. `15,623, dated August 26, 1856.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, SIMON F. STANTON, ofManchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, haveinvented a new and useful Machine for Filling Seine, Harness, and otherSimilar Needles with Twine, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the sameis described and represented in the following` specifications anddrawings.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, refer ring to thedrawings in which the same letters indicate like parts in each ofthefigures.

Figure l, is a plan or top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is an elevationof one side.

The nat-ure o-f my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of certain devices, or apparatus for holding andvibratingthe needles to be lled, so as to receive and wind the twinefrom a feeding or delivering arm, which arm is vibrated and traversed,so as to deliver the twine to the needle.

In the accompanying drawing A, is the base or bed which may be made inthe form represented' of cast iron, and fitted to receive the partswhich are fastened to it.

B, is a stand fastened to the bed A, and provided with a large headwhich is perforated to receive the sha ft C, which is lit-ted to turnfreely in it and carry or vibrate the arm D, fastened to the shaft C,which has the pinion E, fastened to its opposite end, which is. actedupon by the segment gear F, which vibrates on the stud G,`fastened inthe stand B. The arm D, is made in the form shown in the drawing, and aportion of each end is grooved to receive the needle H, which is seizedand held in the middle by the spring forceps I, formed on ythe nut whichsecures the arm D, on the shaft C. The needle H is similar to those mostcommonly used for making seines weavers harness or heddles, etc.

The stands J, J, are fastened to the bed A and are each provided withtwo heads or swells K, K, and L, L, the former of which are perforatedfor the shaft M, (shown in broken lines), which is fitted to turn inthem and has the pulleys N, and O, fastened to it, and a belt may beapplied to the latter to turn the shaft M and operate the machine. Thepulley N, has the slot Q, in it, in which the stud I), -is fastened tocarry the pitman l R, which operates the segment gear F, by means of thestud S, fastened in said segment.

The heads L, L, are perforated for the traverse rod T, which is fittedto slide in them and carry the arm U which isI fastened to it; the rodbeing operated by the cams c, and b, shown by broken lines in thepulleys N, and O; a', and b, showing the beginning of each cam, and c2,and b2, the ends of the same respectively. `These cams are so arrangedas to traverse the arm U, in. each direction and hold the rod T endwisein the position to which it is carried for about one half of arevolution of the pulleys and O.

The arm U, is made in the form shown in the drawing, the end V, beingbent asshown in Fig. 2, and perforated to let the twine lV, pass throughit, as it is taken from the skein or a bobbin arranged in so-meconvenient position, and mounted upon t-he necdle H. as represented bybroken lines. The end X, of the arm U, is bent at a rightangle to theend V, and made in the form shown by broken lines in Fig. 2, and ispressed against the Y, which vibrates the arm U which is pressed againstit by the@ spring Z, fastened to the bed A, for that purpose.

The cam Y, is made in the form represented by broken lines in Fig. 2,and fastened to the shaft M, which turns it, and this cam is so formedas to carry the end of the arm U, up into the needle H, as `shown byfull lines in Fig. 2, and down int-o the opposite side ofthe needle, asshown by broken lines in the same figure as the cani is turned, and thecams c, and 7), are so arranged in relation to the cam Y, as to carrythe end V, across the point (Z, in the needle so as to carry the twinearound said point (l, while the end V, is in the needle; and as the armU, and needle I-I, vibrate in opposite directions in the same time thetwine is carried alternately across the score f, of the needle andaround the spindle d, first in one direction and then in the other so asto lill the needle with twine as the machine is operated. When theneedle is filled with twine it may be removed and another put in itsplace.

The advantages which this machine pos'- sesses over others for the samepurpose, may be enumerated as follows to wit. It does a M. STANTON ANDS. F.

given amount of work with half the number of revolutions; and it doesnot take half as much power to drive it; besides it can be made for lessthan one third of what other machines cost for the same purpose; and itis far more simple in its construction, and far less liable to get outof order. It neither adds to nor diminishes the twist in t-he twinewhich is an important advantage; and the faster it is run the firmer theneedle is held being pressed into the hook by the centrifugal forcederived from its motion.

I do not claim a rotating needle in combination with a vibrating arm asdescribed in Humphrey M. Glines invention, patented to John M and SimeonF. Stanton Oct 2d. 1855, but what I do claim I will proceed to state.

I believe I have described the construction operation and use of myinvention Jfor filling seine harness and other similar needles with forfilling seine and other similar needles, i

Giving the needle a vibrating` motion, by devices substantially such asare herein described or their equivalents; in combination with the armwhich delivers the twine vibrated perpendicularly and traversedhorizontally, by devices substantially such as are herein described ortheir equivalents so as to deliver the twine across the score and aroundthe tongue of the needle substantially as described.

S. F. STANTON. Witnesses:

L. B. CLOUGH, B. T. GILLEY.

